Tomatoes are black midge. How to deal with it?

If you notice that there was a black midge on tomatoes growing on your beds, then prepare to fight for the crop - you were visited by aphids, one of the most famous and dangerous pests of garden and garden plants. Do not be surprised at their appearance - black midges with transparent wings or without them - this is one of the subspecies of all known aphids. The difference is only in appearance. It will harm the plant no less than its more famous "sister", which has a pale green color - will suck up the juices, while actively multiplying and increasing its numbers, because of what the plant will die. Destroying the affected plant, aphids will move to the neighboring, and thus destroy all available bushes.

How to get rid of black midges?

There are several ways to fight. The first, the most accessible, is the destruction of aphids by oneself, without the use of auxiliary means. If the insects do not have time to fill your kitchen garden, and you observe small accumulations of them, try to rinse them with a stream of water from a hose or remove them by hand, examining each bush. In bushes, including tomatoes, black midge has the largest accumulations on the underside of the leaves.

Another method that does not require expenditure is the destruction of aphids, "using the services" of other insects that feed on it, and small birds. Some wasps, golden-eyed, fly-fly and ladybug are not averse to feasting on aphids. Contrary to popular belief, ants do not eat aphids. On the contrary, they protect it, using as a source of nutrition - a sweetish liquid, which aphids secrete, eating young leaves of plants. To attract insects useful in fighting aphids, plant fragrant herbs. Unfortunately, this method is also effective only if on black tomatoes you found black midge in small quantities.

One of the qualitative ways to prevent the onset of aphids is to plant plants in beds so that the crops on which this insect does not settle alternate with interesting varieties for it. For example, aphids are repelled with garlic and onions.

If the black midge is on a large number in tomatoes, you still have to fight it using various chemical means, by spraying them with the leaves of the plant. You can use special means to control aphids, manufactured by industry. In order not to harm the plant, it is better to use softer organic pesticides and insecticides. For example, products based on vegetable oils, fatty acids or pyrethrins. In addition, you can create such a tool yourself, using the substances available in each house.

• A mixture of liquid soap (2 tablespoons), water (2 cups) and vegetable oil (glass).
• The garlic-based remedy includes the same ingredients, but in other proportions plus garlic: 1 soap of liquid soap , 1 liter of water, 2 teaspoons of oil, 5 cloves of chopped garlic.
• A very effective remedy is prepared on the basis of tomato leaves: 2 cups of chopped leaves per 2 cups of water. Leaves should be filled with water and leave for at least 12 hours. Received infusion should be treated affected plants.

If in your garden on tomatoes black midge, then prepare the above-described means and treat them with plants every few days until the pest disappears completely. Do not forget that the described drugs can destroy not only the pest, but also useful insects, so treatment is better to do in the evening, when the insects that pollute your plants have already completed their work.